Senior-led strategy and operations advisory for founders and executive teams. We find what matters, help you decide, and stay until it works.
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Trusted by founders, boards & executive teams
Engagements
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Engagements delivered across 14 countries
Return on fees
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Average return on advisory fees, measured at 12 months
Client loyalty
%
Of clients engage us again or refer a peer
Senior advisors
Senior advisors with 20 years’ average experience
Selected work
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Results our clients measure, not just mention.
Three recent engagements, measured the way our clients measure them — in margin, cost and growth.
Services
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Four practices. One standard of work.
Every engagement is scoped around a decision you need to make or a result you need to reach — never around hours or headcount.
The Nord Consulting difference
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The judgement of a global firm, without the machinery.
Nord Consulting is an independent advisory firm for leaders facing high-stakes decisions. We bring the rigour of a global consultancy with the focus of a small, senior team — and measure ourselves by one thing: what changes after we leave.
James Whitfield
Founding Partner · ex-McKinsey
01 — Seniority
%
Of engagement hours led by partners
Senior people, start to finish
Partners lead and do the work. No pitch-and-switch, no pyramid of analysts learning on your time.
02 — Evidence
%
Of recommendations backed by client data
Evidence over opinion
Every recommendation is grounded in your numbers, your customers and the market — and tested with the people who will run it.
03 — Accountability
%
Of fees linked to agreed outcomes
Accountable for results
We agree measurable targets up front and tie part of our fee to reaching them. If it doesn’t work, we don’t walk away.
How an engagement runs
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Sixteen weeks from first call to measurable change.
A clear path with fixed checkpoints, so you always know where we are, what comes next and what you get at every stage.
Phases
Weeks
Lead partner
01
Weeks 1–2
Diagnose
Interviews, data and site visits to understand what is really driving performance — not just the symptoms everyone already sees.
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W4
W8
W12
W16
You receive
Written diagnostic & fact base
Team
1 partner, 2 consultants
02
Weeks 3–5
Decide
We frame the real options, model the trade-offs and work with your leadership team until there is one clear, owned choice.
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W4
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W12
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You receive
Decision paper & business case
Team
2 partners, 2 consultants
03
Weeks 6–10
Design
We turn the decision into a plan people can run: owners, milestones, budgets and the handful of metrics that matter.
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W4
W8
W12
W16
You receive
12-month roadmap & KPI dashboard
Team
Partner + your leadership team
04
Week 11 onwards
Deliver
We stay alongside your team through execution, with monthly reviews against target until the results show up in the numbers.
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W4
W8
W12
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You receive
Monthly partner reviews
Team
Lead partner
Partners
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The people you’ll actually work with.
Former partners and operators from leading consultancies, banks and high-growth companies. Every engagement is led by one of them.
Ways to work together
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Clear scope. Clear fees. No surprises.
Three engagement models, each with a fixed fee agreed before we start. Most clients begin with a Strategy Sprint.
Every engagement starts with a free 45-minute call with a partner.
Client voices
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In their words.
4.9
★★★★★
120 verified reviews · Clutch · Google · G2
“They behaved like owners, not advisors. That is rare — and it is why we keep calling them.”
Chair, PE-backed industrial group
Transformation · 2025
★★★★★
Within a quarter we had a strategy the whole board signed up to, and a plan my team actually believed in. Eighteen months on, margins are up by more than a third.
Richard Hale
Chief Executive, Lumen Capital
★★★★★
Nord Consulting asked the questions nobody inside the business was willing to ask. They were direct, they were right, and they stayed with us until the savings were real.
Sofia Marín
COO, Quadra Group
★★★★★
We had talked about repricing for two years. They got us to a decision in six weeks, and revenue has more than doubled since. The best money we have spent.
Daniel Okafor
Founder & CEO, Halcyon
Insights
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Thinking for leaders short on time.
Practical ideas from our partners on strategy, operations and growth — written to be read between meetings.
Questions
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What leaders ask us first.
Eleanor Grant
Partner · replies within one business day
Have a question that isn’t answered here? Ask a partner directly — no sales team in between.
Start a conversation
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Let’s talk about what’s next.
01
A 45-minute call with a partner
Free and confidential. We listen first and tell you honestly whether we can help.
02
A written summary within 48 hours
Our view of the challenge and the questions that need answering.
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A fixed-fee proposal
Clear scope, timeline and outcomes. No obligation to proceed.